Weekly Articles
The Means Become the End
By Father Casey In the arc of human history, a single idea has lurked behind many of the greatest evils: “the ends justify the means.” This is a rationale used to defend all kinds of wrongdoing through
The Center That Can Hold
By Father Casey For our Taizé service on the labyrinth back in Advent, Mother Maddie selected a poem by the great Irish poet William Butler Yeats entitled “Second Coming.”1 In the tradition of truly great poetry, it
Crafting a Lenten Training Plan
By Mother RebeccaIn my Ash Wednesday sermon, I shared that Lent sometimes feels a little like a New Year’s Day restart. Six weeks in and my energy for my “new year, new you” intentions has waned, and I
A Word from the Lord
By Father Casey I’ve known people who, when looking for guidance from God, will close their eyes, open their Bible, and point. Whatever verse or passage they see is taken to be a message God has for
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better
By Mother Maddie Before I was a priest, I studied playwrighting and acting. I lived in New York City on Avenue C in an apartment so small it brought tears to my mother’s eyes. For the first
Becoming Christlike Christians
By Father Casey When we choose to become Christian, we choose to orient our lives around the example of Jesus. Right and wrong stop being things we get to decide on our own. Goodness is no longer something